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Post by arioch on Apr 22, 2011 18:41:55 GMT
Edmontonia close up at the first stages.  Uploaded with ImageShack.usNot sure if I got the shape of the head and armor right. Every reconstruction I´ve seen is different to each other. I need some reliable source or illustration before going on.  |
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Post by Griffin on Apr 22, 2011 19:09:11 GMT
Here is Greg Paul's rendition of two kinds. He's usually reliable.   Its from the book Princeton Fieldguide to Dinosaurs. Def buy it. |
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Post by arioch on Apr 22, 2011 19:13:03 GMT
Thanks Griffin!  Not so far of what I have done so far...I was afraid the head looked too iguanodon like. Is the segmented armor unaccurate then? |
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Post by Horridus on Apr 22, 2011 20:13:19 GMT
Is the segmented armor unaccurate then? Looks like it is I'm afraid...Paul provides a skeletal too, that depicts large scutes arranged in regular rows within small scutes. |
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Post by paleoferroequine on Apr 22, 2011 20:50:40 GMT
I've enjoyed this series of drawings of yours.  On this one though, the shoulder spikes should be a lot lot bigger. Of course I can't draw at all so take my advice with a grain of salt!  |
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Post by arioch on Apr 22, 2011 21:15:12 GMT
Thanks! I wasn´t sure about where to put the big shoulder spike, the second or the third row...hence I didn´t! Is the segmented armor unaccurate then? Looks like it is I'm afraid...Paul provides a skeletal too, that depicts large scutes arranged in regular rows within small scutes. Hold on - all these small dots all over the back surrounding the big scutes are indeed small scutes? not scales? Should I add them before continuing doing the scales?  Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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Post by Horridus on Apr 22, 2011 21:26:00 GMT
Um...actually I'm not sure. I know bugger all about ankylosaurs. Anyone?
Edit: the way you are drawing it in the above image looks about right.
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Post by Griffin on Apr 22, 2011 22:19:24 GMT
I like the horizontal goat-pupil.
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Post by arioch on Apr 22, 2011 22:49:35 GMT
Goat eyed hervibores FTW! ;D Um...actually I'm not sure. I know bugger all about ankylosaurs. Yes so do I, that´s why thyreophors are my least favourite dinos to draw. The d**n armor is so hard to get straight! Well, the Edmontonia so far:  Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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Post by arioch on Apr 23, 2011 17:44:07 GMT
An old one recently finished. Protoceratops and its worst enemy!  Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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Post by ingenia on Apr 23, 2011 17:56:14 GMT
I really like this edmontonia. I can`t say if everything is correct, but it looks absolutely great.I can`t draw, but for my sculpts I am always searching the internet for inspiring pictures, so I did for edmontonia a while ago.There was nothing I really liked, but this picture is inspiring!
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Post by arioch on Apr 23, 2011 18:24:54 GMT
Thank you! its really flattering that my work serves for someones inspiration, specially someone with your talent. |
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Post by Himmapaan on Apr 23, 2011 18:37:47 GMT
I like the latest sketches!  Interesting pattern on the Protoceratops too. |
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Post by Horridus on Apr 23, 2011 18:46:33 GMT
I very much appreciate the proper plumage on the Velociraptor. Nicely done. If there is anything to be improved there, I'd say you might want to check the hand anatomy of the Velociraptor. Here's the near identical hand of Deinonychus (with Archaeopteryx on the right): upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Archaeo-deinony_hands.svgNitpicking though. I really liked it (and the Edmontonia too). |
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Post by arioch on Apr 23, 2011 19:03:25 GMT
Hmm. You mean the middle finger should be a bit longer than the other two, and here the difference is barely noticeable, right?
I don´t like the raptor hands neither (specially the right one), but after all I did this over an old drawing on a moment of lazyness. I´ll try to fix it though, I´m still working on it adding scales and stuff.
And glad you liked it!
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Post by Horridus on Apr 23, 2011 19:10:00 GMT
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Post by Griffin on Apr 23, 2011 19:43:45 GMT
Should the velociraptor's snout be longer?
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Post by arioch on Apr 23, 2011 19:59:22 GMT
I still believe bigger dromaeosaurids were a bit half arsed, though ;D (at least surrounding the neck area) Should the velociraptor's snout be longer? I´ve checked skull proportions and I think is about right...maybe the feathers covering the mandible make it look shorter than it is. Although In the original drawing (which was unfeathered) the eyes were sligthly backward positioned. |
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Post by stoneage on Apr 23, 2011 21:51:51 GMT
Really like your Edmontonia! Wish you had done the whole animal.
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Post by arioch on Apr 23, 2011 22:46:44 GMT
Well maybe someday I´ll do some full stegosaurid or ankylo...they´re a challenging -or maybe I should say tricky- to draw correctly. An update of the Proto and raptor:  Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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On this one though, the shoulder spikes should be a lot lot bigger. Of course I can't draw at all so take my advice with a grain of salt! 
Interesting pattern on the Protoceratops too. 
